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Using a Model to Compute the Optimal Schedule of Practice
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Pavlik, Philip I.; Anderson, John R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2008
By balancing the spacing effect against the effects of recency and frequency, this paper explains how practice may be scheduled to maximize learning and retention. In an experiment, an optimized condition using an algorithm determined with this method was compared with other conditions. The optimized condition showed significant benefits with…
Descriptors: Intervals, Effect Size, Recall (Psychology), Experimental Psychology
Recognition for Faces of Own and Other Race
Malpass, Roy S.; Kravitz, Jerome – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Memory, Photographs
Intertrial Intervals and Motor Short-Term Memory
Schmidt, Richard A.; Ascoli, Kenneth M. – Res Quart AAHPER, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Memory
Reduced Recall After Ego Threat: Repression or Response Competition?
Holmes, David S.; Schallow, John R. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Hypothesizes that subjects who show reduced recall of word lists after ego threat may be exhibiting response competition rather than repression. The results obtained in this experiment suggest that this may be the correct conclusion, but further research is indicated. Tables and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Learning Problems, Memory
Effect of Attitude Toward Experiment Participation Upon Performance in a Sensory Deprivation Experiment
Robertson, Malcolm; Cable, Robert – J Gen Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Experiments
Memory for a List of Commands: Imagining, Seeing, Doing
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Lieberman, Lewis R.; Altschul, Steven – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Imagination
Attitude and Selective Recall
Feather, N. T. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Presents research which shows that under standardized conditions of free recall, subjects report arguments more consistent with their attitudes than inconsistent. (MB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Dogmatism
Comparison of Several Patterns of Communication
O'Leary, Charles J.; Goldman, Morton – J Appl Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
Physical Distance and Persuasion
Albert, Stuart; James M., Jr. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Attention, Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, College Students
Instructional Set and the Presentation of Response Alternatives as Factors Influencing Sentence Generation
Dixon, Theodore R.; Smith, Roger C. – J Gen Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Memory
Awareness and Intertrial Activity in Verbal Conditioning
Mandel, Steven L.; Goodstein, Leonard D. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Communicator Discrepancy, Measurement Delay, and Influence
Saiyadain, Mirza S. – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Note on Difficulty of Material and Delay of Knowledge of Results
Baller, William – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Difficulty Level
Reappraisal of the Relationship Between Noise and Human Performance by Means of a Subsidiary Task Measure
Finkelman, Jay M.; Glass, David C. – J Appl Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students